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June 2, 2008
Full steam
It's been silent on David's World recently. There were good reasons for it. Back in January, the future looked like a bright black hole, and I changed this blog's motto to "the world looks large and looming". Then, I finished and submitted my PhD thesis at the end of March and defended in early May, which was an exciting and stimulating, fun event, last but not least thanks to the great people on my committee.
The future looks brighter now. For those not working in the field of science and academia: As a budding university academic, a newly finished PhD has to apply for funding or research jobs. It is needless to say: the air gets thinner. Creating the options was hard but not impossible (Randy Pausch: "the brick walls are there for you to show how hard you want something"). Weighing one's options once they're there isn't easy either, especially if one has to judge the potential outcomes of proposed and not-so-well-defined work over the next couple of years. Life seems to become less of a game and, still, more and more exciting. And what's most exciting: there's not just a me-me-me, but a Sherice and I who will be moving!
In other news, I won the second prize in this year's Death By Dessert Championships with "EAT ME", a spice cake with a chocolate-orange icing and brandy cream. Chris won this one with a German-style Quark cake, selected by the tough but fair panel of judges. Those cakes had some amazing competition as well.
Posted by dr at June 2, 2008 6:05 PM